New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT 2000 - SECT 14B

14B Establishment of ECM system

(1) The Attorney General may establish an electronic case management system to do any one or more of the following:

(a) to enable documents with respect to legal proceedings to be created in electronic form,

(b) to enable documents with respect to legal proceedings to be filed in electronic form,

(c) to enable documents with respect to legal proceedings to be issued in electronic form,

(d) to enable documents with respect to legal proceedings to be used in electronic form,

(e) to enable documents with respect to legal proceedings to be served in electronic form,

(f) to enable parties to legal proceedings to communicate in electronic form with other parties to the proceedings and with the court before which the proceedings are being taken,

(g) to enable information concerning the progress of legal proceedings to be provided in electronic form to parties to the proceedings and to members of the public generally,

(h) to enable information concerning legal proceedings to be exchanged in electronic form between such persons or bodies as are prescribed by rules of court.

(2) For the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 1989 , the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and the State Records Act 1998 , information contained in the ECM system with respect to proceedings in an ECM court (including proceedings that have been finally disposed of) is taken to be information concerning the judicial functions of that court.

Note: For establishment of electronic case management systems under this section see Gazettes No 132 of 28.10.2005, p 9221 and No 75 of 9.6.2006, p 4246.